Creepiest thing will forever be the man who watched me at my window.
It's nothing paranormal, but honestly. I was texting my girlfriend,
playing a game, and I heard rustling outside my window (keep in mind I
live in the basement as an "apartment" at my mom's house). I don't have
any curtains, and I turned off my iPod. I could see someone actually
fucking staring at me. This went on for about 10 minutes. I texted my
little sister to get the fucking bat, and turn on the lights upstairs.
After he saw the lights, he ran off.

I have never been more creeped out, except for the recent occurrence.
Thought I imagined the "FWOOSH" and "PLOP" sound in the middle of the
night. I brushed it off. Next morning, stepdad was cleaning the yard and
found the A/C cover in the other window well. I went upstairs to get
ready to wash my mom's car when they told me. They asked me if I heard
anything, so I told them. I keep a knife and an aluminum bat with me.

For the people who will likely ask why we haven't called the police: We
did the first time, they said they couldn't do anything. Short of
breaking into the house, we're stuck dealing with this person (or
people) until they do break in.

EDIT: TO EVERYONE SAYING I NEED TO GET A GUN: I cannot legally obtain
any firearms in the house due to the nature of my mental illness. While
I am stable right now, everyone in my home and the state decided it
would be best not to keep a gun in the house. SO, I am keeping my knife
(as I am still allowed to keep that) and my bat. My friend is probably
going to hand over his BB gun for my use.

Edit : Jesus christ my inbox is filled to the brim. Yes, I have a mental
illness. No, this wasn't me hallucinating. We saw footprints by the
window, and my sister also saw a man outside. She has no history of
mental illness. Oh! Right, my yard doesn't have a fence. It's a corner
house where two streets intersect. A lot of people walk through our
yard, but this was the first time ever since we've lived here that it
happened. The police were probably lying to us, but we haven't caught
the person. And they're currently removing the sheriff in my county from
office for a sexting scandal. I think that's all I need to edit?

Final edit for now because I'm going to go play TF2 with some friends: I
have bipolar disorder, specifically Type I. I haven't been psychotic in
years. Continue to speculate and murder my inbox freely while I attempt
to learn this game.

Welp. TF2 isn't working right now for me, so! Because a few people have
mentioned my bipolar being the culprit, I wasn't feeling anxious at the
time. Just a bit tired, and was texting my girlfriend. My sister has a
reddit account, so I'll see if she can actually post here if you guys
want my story corroborated.

I should have also mentioned we have a little kid in the house for the
gun thing, but I know people would go through my account, so I thought I
would be upfront with that. My stepdad got rid of his rifle and handgun
a little bit before he was born. And my sister is being bitchy for
interrupting her having sex with her boyfriend.